It seems that SoftBank is giving up on its efforts to create robots that can augment or even replace humans in certain environments, from customer service to hospitality. The BBC received a statement ...

Farming worker shortages are getting worse. In a survey by the California Farm Bureau Federation last year, 55 percent of the 762 farmers surveyed said they had experienced employee shortages. That's ...

FILE - In this May 25, 2016, file photo, Pepper, the robot of Softbank Robotics Europe, performs during the Innorobo European summit, an event dedicated to the service robotics industry in ...

Pepper the robot is programmed with hundreds of jokes, and if you don't believe it, just ask her. The residents of the Estates nursing home in Roseville sure did as the robot made its national debut ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company ...

FILE - In this May 25, 2016, file photo, Pepper, the robot of Softbank Robotics Europe, performs during the Innorobo European summit, an event dedicated to the service robotics industry in ...

President Joe Biden talks with Jose Rojas, Vice President Live Production at Jennie-O Turkey, left, after the national Thanksgiving turkey, Liberty, right, was pardoned at a ceremony on the South Lawn ...